diff --git a/pearl/neural_networks/common/epistemic_neural_networks.py b/pearl/neural_networks/common/epistemic_neural_networks.py
index d9921aa1..b99ded4c 100644
--- a/pearl/neural_networks/common/epistemic_neural_networks.py
+++ b/pearl/neural_networks/common/epistemic_neural_networks.py
@@ -157,11 +157,31 @@ def __init__(
             # Xavier uniform initalization
             model.apply(init_weights)
             models.append(model)
+        self.base_model: nn.Module = mlp_block(
+            self.input_dim, self.hidden_dims, self.output_dim
+        )
+        self.base_model.apply(init_weights)
+        self.base_model = self.base_model.to("meta")
         self.models: nn.ModuleList = nn.ModuleList(models)
+
         self.params: Dict[str, Any]
         self.buffers: Dict[str, Any]
+        self.generate_params_buffers()
+
+    def generate_params_buffers(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Generate parameters and buffers for the priornet.
+        """
         self.params, self.buffers = torch.func.stack_module_state(self.models)
 
+    def call_single_model(
+        self, params: Dict[str, Any], buffers: Dict[str, Any], data: Tensor
+    ) -> Tensor:
+        """
+        Method for parallelizing priornet forward passes with torch.vmap.
+        """
+        return torch.func.functional_call(self.base_model, (params, buffers), (data,))
+
     def forward(self, x: Tensor, z: Tensor) -> Tensor:
         """
         Perform forward pass on the priornet ensemble and weight by epistemic index
@@ -172,10 +192,9 @@ def forward(self, x: Tensor, z: Tensor) -> Tensor:
         Output:
             ensemble output of x weighted by epistemic index vector z.
         """
-        outputs = []
-        for model in self.models:
-            outputs.append(model(x))
-        outputs = torch.stack(outputs, dim=0)
+        outputs = torch.vmap(self.call_single_model, (0, 0, None))(
+            self.params, self.buffers, x
+        )
         return torch.einsum("ijk,ji->jk", outputs, z)